This page has been validated.
A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
trace sections 1, 2 and 3. Cut these out and place them on the diagram again, closing up the dart and throwing the fullness at the underarm. (See Fig. 97.)
_-_Fig_96.png) |
_-_Fig_97.png)
|
| Fig. (96) Diagram for front of waist pattern | Fig. (97) Diagram showing how to eliminate dart |
Also mark where you want the top of the waist to come as line B. When the waist is made up, the fullness that is thrown in the underarm seam can be taken up in small pleats or gathered. In cutting pattern, allow seams at all edges, except center-front.
Mark the top of the waist on the back diagram, as shown in Fig. 98. In cutting out the back pattern, allow seams at all edges except the center-back.
[ 92 ]
